Know Facts about Nipah virus Garima9 Jun 2019 12:25 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Nipah virus (NiV) infection is an emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus is...
ICMR Director Dr Balram Bhargava conferred with Dr Lee Jong wook Memorial Prize for Public Health Garima27 May 2019 3:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: Â Professor Dr Balram Bhargava, a renowned cardiologist is the winner of the 2019 Dr Lee Jong wook Memorial Prize for Public Health for his...
WHO unveils plan to tackle global snakebite emergency Medical Dialogues Bureau25 May 2019 9:00 AM ISTGeneva: The World Health Organisation on Thursday unveiled a new strategy to dramatically cut deaths and injuries from snakebites, warning a dearth of...
Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo; 26 deaths in single day Medical Dialogues Bureau2 May 2019 9:00 AM ISTIt said of the total deaths of 957, 33 were health workers who had succumbed to the disease.Butembo: Twenty-six people died of Ebola in a single day...
Step up efforts to eliminate measles outbreak: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau27 April 2019 9:15 AM ISTWhile rubella causes irreversible birth defects, measles is a killer disease. New Delhi: Amidst increasing cases and...
29 lakh children in India miss first dose of measles vaccine: UNICEF Medical Dialogues Bureau26 April 2019 9:30 AM ISTAn estimated 169 million children missed out on the first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, or 21.1 million children a year on an...
Total Shortage of 6 Lakh doctors, 20 Lakh nurses in India: Report Medical Dialogues Bureau15 April 2019 11:21 AM ISTIn India, there is one government doctor for every 10,189 people (the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a ratio of 1:1,000) or a deficit of...
New York mandates vaccine to contain Brooklyn measles outbreak Medical Dialogues Bureau10 April 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe resurgence of the once-eradicated, highly-contagious disease is linked to a growing anti-vaccine movement in richer nations -- which the World...
Union Health Ministry pledges to Universal Health Coverage: Forms Human Chain Medical Dialogues Bureau5 April 2019 11:00 AM ISTApril 7 of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day. This year’s World Health Day will focus on equity and solidarity.New Delhi: Ministry...
Dr Vikram Patel conferred with prestigious John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award Medical Dialogues Bureau3 April 2019 9:30 AM IST"This prize is a recognition of the tremendous effort of innovators in low resource settings to transform our understanding of mental health problems...
Fighting Opioid Addiction: AIIMS launches mobile methadone vans to take treatment to inner city neighbourhoods Medical Dialogues Bureau23 March 2019 2:04 PM ISTAIIMS mobile methadone dispensing unit plans to bridge this gap and improve retention of patients into treatment enabling them to work and lead a...
Make advanced cancer treatment accessible and affordable to all sections: Vice President Medical Dialogues Bureau27 Jan 2019 11:00 AM ISTChennai: Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, India’s first multi-speciality chain of hospitals today opened the Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC), giving...
